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This monthly Creative Self-Care for Helping Professionals series are arts based workshops designed to explore different avenues of self-care through a variety of art media and projects. Prompts for self-reflection are included to deepen the experience.

This monthly gathering for therapists and helping professionals will be based on the tenets of art therapy:

art making for resiliency

art making for self-expression

art making for exploration of self

art making for processing difficult emotions

art making for self-reflection

art making for mindfulnes

art making to experience a flow state

art making for relaxation

Make self-care and professional growth a priority by connecting with other helping professionals and making art in a supportive environment.

According to the Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)therapists have a “professional responsibility” to “maintain high standards of professional competence and ethical behavior, and recognize the need for continuing education and personal care in order to meet this responsibility” Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association, 2007, p.5

Please note: a certificate of participation will be provided upon request for continuing education purposes.

Join me for a monthly 2 hour self-care workshop series for therapists and helping professionals.Each session we will explore a different self-care themed art project. We will focus on various art media every month including paints, clay, mixed media, found objects, nature, collage papers and textiles.

FAQs

Who is this workshop for?

Anyone who is in a care-giving or helping role with others on a professional basis, though this may include volunteers as well. Professionals such as psychotherapists, guidance counselors, special education teachers, medical professionals, 911 or crisis operators, occupational therapists, settlement workers, child and youth workers, spiritual leaders, to name a few.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?

The closest subway is Donlands station, the studio is approximately a 10 minute walk from the TTC station.

There is street parking available, unmetered. This is a residential street.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Fell free to email Petrea petrea@arttherapist.ca with your questions about this workshop.